Chapter 20 Haircut
Dany understood that she was now the leader of the group and had to show confidence and strength. She could not be afraid or show weakness.
Just like the attending physician must not show doubt and worry to the patient before entering the operating room.
"Are the horses unwilling to drink the water from the puddle?" Dany asked again.
"Yes, they don't even want to get close to it." Avanti showed fear and trembled, "That is poisonous water. The water that livestock cannot drink is poisonous water cursed by demons. Everyone knows it."
"Everyone knows it."
A voice came from behind Dany. It was Ago.
Dany's bloodriders came out shirtless and wearing silk pants after the clouds and rain stopped.
Although the horse people are ignorant, their survival wisdom is still worthy of recognition.
"I'll tell you a little trick to solve this problem."
Dany soon got busy. She asked someone to carry her big red copper basin out of the tent.
It was a bathtub larger than a modern family bathtub. It was used by the two-meter-tall Drogo to take a bath. It weighed more than 100 kilograms.
Then a trench was dug beside the puddle, and the red copper bathtub was placed inside - the bathtub was too high, and it was inconvenient to pour water into it if it was placed on the ground.
Then, a sheepskin blanket was covered on the surface of the bathtub, and a hole as big as a bowl was dug in the center of the blanket - the sheepskin prevented the water in the bathtub from evaporating under high temperatures.
Next, a two-meter-high triangular support was built above the bathtub. The support was divided into four layers, and a cotton bag was hung on each layer.
From top to bottom, the first bag was filled with a thick layer of coarse sand, the second bag was fine sand, the third bag was filled with half a bag of cotton wool, and the fourth was filled with a bag of coke.
Finally, because the weather was too hot, Dany arranged for someone to build a tent on top of the triangular wooden frame.
"Now, go get some water from that dead water pit and pour it into the wide-mouthed cloth bag at the top. Take your time and don't spill it."
After a while, the water drops seeped through layer by layer, "Drip-drip-drip-drip-drip". At first, it was just a drop of water. Gradually, as the fillings in the cloth bag were soaked, the transparent water drops formed a silver line under the last cloth bag and flowed into the bathtub.
Ago climbed to the bottom of the wooden frame and exclaimed in surprise: "The water has become so clean, even cleaner than what we got from the Sheepman River."
"This" Sir Jorah, who had seen a lot, was also shocked. He had never seen such a simple and exquisite way to get water.
Could it be that Her Royal Highness was really a genius who never appeared in the world?
He knew that her extremely wise idea was just inspired by a word from the maid.
The Red Wasteland is not a big desert. There are many mud pits with shallow sewage. What it lacks is a clean water source.
If this water filtration technology can really get rid of the "devil's curse", they may really be able to bring most of the Kars across the wasteland.
Thinking of this, Jorah became more excited. "Princess, we should melt the bathtubs and make them into large kettles.
There are many shallow puddles and wet muddy lands scattered across the wasteland, but a single puddle cannot fill such a large bathtub. The puddles are too far apart, so it would be a pity to abandon them. It would be a waste of time and manpower to collect them one by one.
It is better to select dozens of elite cavalrymen, three people in a group, two horses each, a large kettle and several empty water bags in a group, and spread them out in the form of scouts. While exploring the terrain, we can also collect water sources in the wasteland."
Dany looked at the bald middle-aged man in front of her who was as burly as a black bear. For the first time, she found that he had such a sharp mind.
"Okay." She nodded and approved his idea.
"Khaleesi, the water can't flow down. What's going on?" Rakharo, who had been pouring water into the upper bag, shouted in panic.
Dany stepped forward, got close to the wooden frame, and opened a corner of the bag.
"It stinks!" She was not paying attention and was so suffocated that she took three steps back.
The originally bright red gravel was now covered with a layer of black and messy paste, and the filtration system was paralyzed.
"The sand and charcoal inside must be replaced every once in a while. The amount of cotton wool is limited. If it is used up, it can be replaced with weeds."
Dany thought of the tough devil grass that even horses could not chew, and added: "First, knead the grass into a ball and crush it into cotton wool. Or put it in the horse's mouth and let it chew for a while before picking it out."
"Can it be picked out, Afanti?" She looked at the old man and asked.
"Yes, the horse will not swallow the grass if it is not chewed up, but..." Afanti hesitated for a moment and said with a bitter face: "The docile mares are honest, but some horses are fierce and dare to bite even lions."
"You can decide for yourself."
Even after carbon adsorption and filtration, Dany still had the water boiled before distributing it. This time, considering the problem of sweat taking away human minerals, she also added salt and dried figs to the water. It was slightly sweet, slightly salty, cool and delicious. Doria loved it.
On the second evening, Dani's kalpas only traveled 80 kilometers and stopped around midnight.
In addition to the fact that they happened to encounter a slightly larger sewage pool here, Dani wanted to save the horses' energy.
Each person in her team had at least one horse, and they marched at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour. Such an intensity of exercise was not a big burden for both horses and people.
The key was supply, and a healthy horse could not continue to march at a high intensity without food and water.
This time Dani also made adjustments to the tent placement.
In the process of filtering drinking water in the second half of the night, she commanded a group of strong warriors to use rocks and mud to paste a wall. The curved low wall was not strong at all, but after the sun rose the next day, the wall blocked 70% of the direct sunlight.
When she left on the third day, Dani changed the hairstyle of the centaurs.
The centaurs would only cut off their braids when they failed. The longer the braids, the more respected they were. Therefore, even the old man who raised horses, Afanti, braided his sparse bald hair into a braid.
Although there is no saying that "the hair and skin of the body are inherited from parents", the horsemen never cut their hair.
The weather is so hot, and there is no way to take a shower. It is easy to get infected with bacteria and get sick. The feeling of having a greasy head. Even if the horsemen are used to it, Dany can't stand it when she smells the smell. If she didn't have a heat-resistant physique, she would have planned to cut off her silver-gold hair.
So she suggested that Ago cut his head bald. Well, the bald Jorah doesn't need a haircut, and he doesn't have much hair to take care of.
"If I cut off my braids, everyone will look down on me." Ago shook his head like a rattle.
"Then I will let everyone shave their heads." Dany said.
"Everyone knows the significance of braids to the Dothraki. After we leave the wasteland, how will others see us? Defeated cowards? Slaves from the Slaver's Bay?" Jhogo also firmly opposed.
"I heard that horse slaves would rather be killed by slave owners than have their hair shaved, unless they are Dothraki slaves who have been trained since infancy.
The long braids and the bells on them are a more distinctive Dothraki symbol than the Yarak scimitar. "Jorah persuaded.
Dany hesitated for a while, gritted her teeth and said, "Then just leave the piece of hair near the braid!"
It's a little ugly, but it's indeed more hygienic and cooler.
The dagger was pushed hard between Jorah's fingers, like shoveling shit in a toilet without a squat toilet. The blade was close to the scalp, scraping off a thick layer of black dirt.
It was a strange product of hair oil, sweat, dandruff, dust, and flea eggs mixed together and fermented for several months. Ago,
who had his hair on the top of his head and temples shaved off, was like a turtle shedding its shell. It was really a layer of shell that was hardened together!
"What do you feel?" Rakharo on the side asked curiously.
"Feelings?" Ago showed a refreshing expression of being completely relieved after half a month of constipation, and murmured, "I feel like I took off a sheepskin mattress that had been warmed for half a day in the hot summer, and I have the illusion that I feel a lot more relaxed. "
It's not an illusion. Your head has been relieved of at least three pounds of burden this time." Dany complained exaggeratedly.
"The braid has been preserved without any damage." Quirrell pointed to the scalp on the back of Aggo's head where the hair was still retained, and shouted excitedly: "Look, it has no effect on the length of the braid. This hairstyle is simply great. It is a gift given to us by Khaleesi on behalf of the horse god. It should be promoted throughout the Dothraki Sea."
"Khaleesi, can we also shave our hair like this?" The centaur maid Jhiqui said enviously.
Dany almost choked on her saliva.
"You should cut your hair short. "
In the end, her ka LS, both men and women, cut off most of their hair. Men, including boys, changed their hairstyles. Women were going to follow suit, until they saw the short hair that Dany cut for Doreah.
Dany herself didn't cut her hair. She didn't need to. First, she was heat-resistant. Second, it was easy for her to clean her hair. She just had to go into the fire and roast herself.
Dandruff, oil, lice, and bacteria could not withstand the burning of 1000 degrees.
Every time she bathed in the fire, her three baby dragons would flap their wings and follow, like dolls following their mother into the women's bathhouse.
And every time she saw Dany and the three dragons playing in the flames, her maids showed awe as if they were facing gods.
It was also because of the fire bath with the dragon babies that Dany knew how to feed them.
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